Buchanan v. Commonwealth

WILLIAM L. SULLIVAN, Special Justice.

Movant, at age 16, was charged with murder, robbery, rape, sodomy and kidnapping. Jefferson District Court, Juvenile Session, transferred the case to Jefferson Circuit Court to permit trial under the ordinary laws governing crimes. A direct appeal from the order waiving jurisdiction and transferring the case was dismissed by circuit court on the authority of C.E.H. v. Commonwealth, Ky.App., 619 S.W.2d 725 (1981). The Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal and this Court granted discretionary review. We now affirm the dismissal.

Movant urges that KRS…